From Emma Watson in Celebgate 2.0 and how your Mac is not malware proof to the even deadlier USB Killer version 3, and much more!

DoubleAgent ‘vulnerability’ – just how bad is it?
The saga of DoubleAgent is, among other things, a good reminder that ordinary users shouldn’t have admin privileges

Man indicted for sending seizure-causing GIF as a ‘deadly weapon’
Journalist suffered eight-minute epileptic seizure after viewing a strobing GIF

LastPass steps up quickly to fix vulnerabilities spotted by researchers
LastPass’s response to being alerted to security flaws in its products is an example of the right attitude to fixing problems

US to make social media checks compulsory for some visas
Officials warn of a ‘labor-intensive’ extension will create logistical and administrative hurdles

Politicians call – again – for backdoors into encrypted messages
The internet depends on encryption – and Amber Rudd is unwittingly calling for a hole to be kicked in security itself

News in brief: Facebook rolls out location-sharing; Uber pulls tests after crash; NASA thanks schoolboy
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

US Top Court Considers Changing Where Patent Cases May Be Filed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday grappled over whether to upend a quarter-century of practice and limit where patent-infringement lawsuits can be filed. From a report on Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court struggled over whether to upend nearly 30 years…

No One Knows What To Do With the International Space Station
An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2024 the clock will run out on the International Space Station. Maybe. That’s the arbitrary deadline that Congress imposed back in 2014, at which point they’ll have to decide whether or not to…

Elon Musk Launches Neuralink To Connect Brains With Computers
At Recode’s conference last year, Elon Musk said he would love to see someone do something about linking human brains with computers. With no other human being volunteering, Mr. Musk — who founded PayPal and OpenAI, thought of Hyperloop, is…